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Sing it, say it, sort it: singing for Parkinson’s disease

6 January 2023 | | ENTA-Speech and Language Therapy | Parkinson’s disease, acoustic analysis, dysarthria, intergenerational choral singing, objective assessment, speech rehabilitation
Parkinson’s disease (PD) occurs in 1% of the population aged over 60. Changes in voice and speech are among the earliest and most prevalent symptoms of PD; reduced vocal intensity, monopitch, monoloudness, breathy and hoarse voice quality, imprecise articulation, vocal...
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How effective are our two-week-wait guidelines in picking up head and neck cancer?

7 January 2020 | | ENTA-Head & Neck, Otology | Alcohol Consumption, Ear, Guideline, Head And Neck Cancer, Human Papilloma Virus, Larynx, Mouth, Nose, Pharynx, Radiation, Referral, Risk Factors, Smoking, Thyroid
With a 30% increase in the incidence of head and neck cancer since 1999 in the UK, it is important that the two-week wait referral guidelines safely encompass all risk factors but also render these urgent referrals based on signs...

Is major ear surgery financially viable?

1 March 2016 |
It is difficult to ignore the present reality in the NHS that understanding clinical coding is perhaps of more relevance to the practising clinician than the human genome! Clinician engagement is becoming more essential to protect patient care and maximise...

Dr Huw Cooper, Consultant Clinical Scientist: upcoming Chair of British Society of Audiology

1 September 2014 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Auditory Implants, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric
Can you start by telling me something about your own background? After my first degree in Psychology at Reading and a year doing other things, I went to Southampton to do the MSc in 1982. My first job after that...

AUDIOLOGY - In conversation with Dr Jerry Northern

1 January 2015 | | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Otology
Gareth Smith chats with Dr Jerry Northern and learns about his fascination with Mount Everest, the legendary Marion Downs and his unique career in audiology… Jerry with the legendary Marion Downs. Tell us about your background, how did you come...

The seven ages of BACO

1 July 2015 | | ENTA-ENT
Chris Potter is a man whose prose style needs no introduction. Here, he gives us a poetic discourse on the different generations of attendees at BACO. Alfred, Lord Tennyson has washed his hair and can’t do anything with it. It’s...

Tonsillitis and tonsillectomies: where do we go from Paradise?

5 January 2022 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Landmark Paper: Paradise JL, Bluestone CD, Bachman RZ, et al. Efficacy of tonsillectomy for recurrent throat infection in severely affected children – results of parallel randomized and nonrandomized clinical trials. N Engl J Med 1984;310(11):674-83. The Paradise paper on tonsillectomy...

Effects of air pollution and climate change on the upper airways

10 March 2023 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
Dr Alexander Simidchiev is a specialist in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine and public health. He is the Co-Founder and President of Air for Health, a non-profit organisation aimed at educating medical professionals about the impact of air pollution and climate...

Introduction to speech testing

4 May 2023 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Speech and Language Therapy
Let’s get back to basics: Dr Schoepflin introduces the concepts behind speech testing for hearing care professionals. While pure tone threshold testing is considered the ‘gold standard’ for assessing auditory sensitivity, the results of pure tone testing provide only limited...

Elasticated retraction in head and neck surgery – a trainee’s perspective

1 May 2017 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Head & Neck
The effectiveness of surgical technique and satisfactory outcome is greatly dependent on good surgical exposure. Retraction requires adequate traction and counter-traction of tissues in order to expose the tissue or organ under scrutiny for the surgeon. This is a universal...

Superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome

1 November 2015 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Vestibular Disorders, ENTA-Otology
In this article, Hannah North and Simon Lloyd give us an overview of the complex condition of superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SSCD) syndrome, including diagnosis, treatment and management. Superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SSCD) is a bony defect of the otic...

Cochlear implantation in children with single-sided deafness: rationale and early findings

31 October 2018 | | ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic
Cochlear Implantation (CI) in children with single-sided deafness (SSD) is a controversial treatment option. Profs Karen Gordon, Papsin and Cushing discuss the rationale and early findings on the relative success of achieving binaural hearing for SSD with CI. If you’d...